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Austin, TX
– Lee
H. Hamilton, director of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC
and the director of the Center on Congress at
Indiana University, has been awarded the Association
for Conflict Resolution’s (ACR) Peacemaker Award.
The Peacemaker Award acknowledges the significant
and sustained contributions by an individual or
organization to the cause of peace. The award
recognizes efforts to bring peace through various
conflict resolution approaches to ethnic, religious,
and civil conflicts that have raged domestically and
outside the United States. Hamilton received the
award at ACR’s 8th Annual Conference in Austin, TX
on September 25, 2008.
Hamilton represented Indiana’s 9th congressional
district for 34 years. He served as chairman and
ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, among many other committees. Hamilton
served as co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, a
forward looking, bi-partisan assessment of the
situation in Iraq, created at the urging of
Congress. He served as vice-chair of the 9/11
Commission and co-chaired the 9/11 Public Discourse
Project established to monitor implementation of the
Commission’s recommendations.
Hamilton presented the keynote address at ACR’s
conference, sharing with the almost 900 attendees
what he termed the 10 commandments of conflict
resolution which he said are based on lessons he
learned from the 9/11 Commission. He spoke about:
the importance of bringing the right mental attitude
to the conflict resolution table, being fully
committed to the task at hand, focusing clearly on
facts, being collegial with the parties involved,
communicating with internal and external groups,
focusing on fairness and justice, compromising when
necessary, building consensus, practicing
inclusivity, and understanding that implementing an
agreement is the true end point in the process.
About the Association for Conflict Resolution
The
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a
professional organization dedicated to enhancing the
practice and public understanding of conflict
resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse
national and international audience that includes
more than 5,000 mediators, arbitrators,
facilitators, educators, and others involved in the
field of conflict resolution and collaborative
decision-making. For more information about ACR and
the annual conference, visit
http://www.ACRnet.org.
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